I’ve come across a new book about how consumers are manipulated by Processed Food manufacturers, who exploit our ‘natural addictions’ to increase our consumption and capture larger shares of the food market. It makes me wonder who else in our world is exploiting us in the same ways…Read More →
Here we go again. A major corporation has apologised for (and cancelled) a major promotional campaign after knee-jerk activists staged an outcry against the headline the burger giant used to get folks’ attention. Why is it that, so often, such indignation is misplaced?Read More →
You often hear about studies or analyses of the combined results of previous surveys addressing specific dietary and nutrition issues. They call it ‘data mining’. Now, a mammoth new data mining project has produced massive validation for an old dietary maxim: the 5-A-Day rule…Read More →
Following up on our recent piece about food waste, something to think about this frigid, wintry Sunday morning… Should over-processed, nutrition-poor ‘junk’ food should be counted in with all the other types and classifications of ‘wasted’ food? And how should we redirect the source ingredients?Read More →
Fast Food Week this week features a gala array of new Ice Cream specialties, Starbucks adds Oat Milk to its non-Dairy additives menu, Taco Bell adds new Cheese Curd ‘dippers’, Quizno’s beloved Lobster and Seafood sammys are back for spring, and Buffalo Wild Wings adds Truffle Hot Sauce…Read More →
The annual UN Environment Program Food Waste Index Report is out and the news is even worse than last year. The report claims that 17 percent of the food produced the world over is wasted, which totals more than 900 million metric tonnes, or 1 billion imperial tons…Read More →